When I think of my GULC experience I envision a springboard to fulfilling aspirations of civic and public service. As a first generation college graduate, and the child of a then single mother that was one of thirteen kids born to farmers in South Carolina, I fed an insatiable appetite for learning by mapping an academic path intended to lead to being the first Black head football coach at Notre Dame. Reality and public service caused that journey to pivot from academia to the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School for an MBA and to capstone at Georgetown Law. Since graduating I have been fortunate to apply my business + law training to launching innovations that created measurable value in government, Fortune 1000, my own small business, and venture backed startup(s). Thank you GULC! All of those experiences contribute to my current mission – making the world a better place through intellectual property rights and supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for 2030. Currently I am “self-actualizing” through a social impact IP legal tech startup I founded in 2024 (“IPRights4All ® the dba of its parent DC based T-I-L-Group, Benefit Corp.), with a bit of seed funding from the District’s Inclusive Innovation Equity Impact Fund managed by 1863 Ventures. In parallel I am leading a social impact law practice focused on business and IP, founded in 2016 (“Technology-Innovation-Law”). As of 2023 the law entity used a client centric service design to create an estimated $43MM of financial value for 100+ clients. The legal tech entity is working to replicate those results globally by offering IPRights4All ® as an AI / blockchain / Web3 based software as a service solution. I’ve gotta shout out to my biological and chosen family and friends for traveling with me. As the saying goes, “[i]f you want to go fast go alone, if you want to go far go together.” Health and good fortune to all in the GU and GULC Communities, respect to Dean Treanor for his leadership, and best wishes for the next steps in the journey of life.

Hard to believe it has been 35 years! While I am still practicing law as a partner in the employment litigation department at Epstein, Becker & Green, I successfully dissuaded my twin sons from law school despite the strong influence of my wife Ellen (who I met as a summer associate at our first firm and who now works as a Judge in the Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey) who still finds enjoyment in the law. When not working, I have tried to keep up running, reading (just finished our classmate Walter Pryor's "This Leaves Me Okay: Race, Legacy, and Letters From My Grandmother" which I highly recommend to all of Section Three), and even somehow ended up in a Martin Scorcese movie (but if you blinked you missed me). Looking forward to catching up with everyone, particularly Section 3 and my JJCers!

I came right back to Nebraska after GULC and practiced litigation at Kutak Rock LLP for 19 years. I always wanted to run for office, and I got that opportunity and ran for Nebraska Attorney General in 2014. I ended up in 2nd place in a highly-contested primary. I never thought I would be a judge, but I was confirmed by the Senate to a lifetime federal district court appointment in 2019. I hope to see the Class of 2000 in force at our upcoming 25 year reunion!

I have always been proud to be a GULC graduate.

My time at GULC was different from everyone else’s. While in law school, I worked part-time on the Senate Watergate Committee staff. Then, with the help of several GULC classmates, I was elected national president of the ABA Law Student Division. With the permission of GULC Dean Adrian Fisher, I was allowed to live in Chicago and attend Loyola Law School for the 1974 fall semester. During that time, I created Juriscan, the ABA’s nationally-distributed employment service for law school grads.
After graduation, I was immediately hired as an attorney for the NC State Board of Education. I soon left that job to be the advance man for NC Governor Jim Hunt who was elected in 1976. Since then, I have practiced law continuously in Charlotte since 1977. Georgetown Law grads were rare in North Carolina in 1977. Happily for me, many more come to booming Charlotte now.

I have been a civil trial lawyer for most of my career. I finished my last trial in March 2025. I enjoy providing pro bono legal advice to anyone who calls, and many do call. I served on the Charlotte City Council. My wife, Lynn, and I have been married 41 years. Our two daughters have given us three grandchildren. We are healthy and blessed.

I look forward to the 50-year reunion of the GULC Class of 1975.

Since graduating from Georgetown Law School in 1990, I have had a 30+ year career in law and politics. After practicing law for a few years, I worked on Capitol Hill for US senator and then for President George W. Bush as the associate deputy Energy secretary at the Department of Energy. I then started my own international consulting firm where I represent clients on a variety of matters.

I can’t wait to see everyone at our 5 year reunion!

I can’t believe it has been 5 years since we all left for Spring Break and never came back! I spent several months during the start of the pandemic volunteering as a cultural heritage law presenter for the American Red Cross. I then completed a clerkship with the DC Office of Administrative Hearings before moving to London for my LLM in Art Business and Law. When I returned from London, I worked on publishing my Masters thesis and found a job with the federal government at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in November 2022. I moved over to Department of the Navy in April 2024, where I practice environmental law. I also adopted a cat in 2020, who I named Styx (like the river).

After spending 5 years working as a life sciences associate at McDermott, Will & Emery in Paris, I have been a senior associate in life sciences at DLA Piper in Paris. I am also a member of the Scientific Committee of AI for Health, a guest member of the INSERM Ethics Committee and the President of the Ethics Committee of the French Federation for Disability Sport.

Wow, I can't believe it has been 10 years since graduation! Since graduating I was fortunate enough to move to Mexico City (seeing some of you guys in the process) and be back to DC for a while (again, keeping in touch with some of you) and ultimately relocated to Madrid in 2020. I am now the in-house counsel for a video game focused US VC fund, with investments worldwide, but most importantly, the husband of my amazing wife and the father of two beautiful and extremely active daughters. Looking forward to seeing you all soon!